China’s Delta variant outbreak: Covid-19 cases rise again in Fujian province ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival


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Covid-19 cases climbed again in Fujian, China’s southeastern province battling the country’s latest outbreak of the pandemic , as local authorities stepped up travel restrictions and suspended mass activities ahead of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. China as a whole recorded 66 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with all 43 of the locally transmitted cases found in Fujian – 39 in Xiamen and the rest in Putian – bringing the number of total infections in the province since September 10 to 335. This reflected an increase from the day before, when authorities reported just 31 new cases, but was still lower...